"This is not the end yet."
Not hearing what Elder E had said, Chen Junting was currently examining the crystal cores operating within his upper, middle, and lower dantians through internal vision. Now, his Three Treasures of Essence, Qi, and Spirit had already connected on their own, seemingly flawless, but in his eyes, it was still lacking a little.
So with a thought, the Seven Kill Sword transformed back into his Martial Soul and returned to his body. Immediately after, the Seven Kill Sword was split into three.
One was illusory, looking unreal;
One was half-illusory and half-real, purely constructed of energy;
One was covered in crimson meridians, as if transformed from bloodlines.
The forms of these three were the essence of the Martial Soul in his eyes.
What is a Martial Soul?
How does a Martial Soul come about?
The former is hard to explain clearly, but the latter is enough to explore. A person's Martial Soul, apart from so-called divine bestowal, is basically inherited from the bloodline, and thus influenced by one's own soul; no matter what, his Martial Soul would not be detached from these two.
Precisely because of this, the Spirit of the Martial Soul comes from a person's soul, the Foundation of the Martial Soul comes from a person's bloodline, and the energy that constitutes the Martial Soul is undoubtedly soul power. In Chen Junting's view, these were the Three Treasures of the Martial Soul, the "Essence, Qi, and Spirit" of the Martial Soul, corresponding to the Three Treasures of Man.
Therefore, as a soul master, if he wanted his three crystal cores of "Essence, Qi, and Spirit" to reach perfection, in Chen Junting's view, he had to let the Three Treasures of his Martial Soul and his own Three Treasures complete a true fusion.
This step was not difficult for him; after all, he had already completed a 100% fusion with his Martial Soul a year ago.
What he had to do now was nothing more than letting nature take its course.
"Go!"
Chen Junting's consciousness gave a gentle push, and the Three Treasures of the Martial Soul flew out one after another. And the first one corresponded to the Qi of the Three Treasures.
The Seven Kill Sword, purely composed of energy, flew to the middle dantian. The moment it entered, it produced a perfect resonance with the Qi Core. Because as a crystal core formed by the fusion of two great soul cores, the soul power flowing through the Qi Core perfectly matched the two major attributes of the Seven Kill Sword: Slaughter and Ultimate Metal. In just a moment, the two were already indistinguishable from each other, and the crystal core also transformed into the shape of the Seven Kill Sword.
Next, it was the turn of the Essence of the Three Treasures.
The Seven Kill Sword, resembling bloodline meridians, fell into the golden ocean. The originally liquefied human Essence, drop by drop, directly transformed from water drops into the shape of the Seven Kill Sword. At this moment, the entire golden ocean formed a sea of swords, and countless sword qi roared in the lower dantian!
Under the scouring of the golden sea of swords, the Essence Core was gradually polished from its rhombus crystal shape. When it completely transformed into the shape of the Seven Kill Sword, the blood essence of Chen Junting's entire body emitted a thunderous roar like heaven and earth, and the flawless crimson blood was directly infected by the golden sea of swords in the lower dantian at this moment, transforming into drops of golden blood. Within it, every single drop of blood was filled with endless killing intent and the sword qi of golden weapons; if anyone below the Super Douluo level was contaminated by it, the strong would be severely injured, and the weak would be reduced to ashes.
But it seemed due to a lack of foundation, the process of crimson blood transforming into golden blood only went halfway before coming to an abrupt halt.
This result inevitably made Chen Junting feel a somewhat reluctant regret. He had a premonition that the moment all the crimson blood in his body was transformed into golden blood, his physical body would be able to cross to a new tier.
Although this final half was a bit difficult, he already had a solution. Precisely because of this, he had that feeling just now.
As the human Essence and the Martial Soul's "Essence" stabilized, Chen Junting turned his attention to the final one, the upper dantian.
Compared to the lower dantian which lacked foundation, and the physical body which had only just broken through to the peak of the mortal realm, his spiritual power had an abundant foundation thanks to the gift from the Evil Eye Tyrant Lord. The subsequent birth of his Primordial Spirit and the achievement of the "Divine Origin Realm" was already a certainty.
"Merge!"
At the moment the Seven Kill Sword and the Spirit Core approached each other, Chen Junting let out a furious shout. Suddenly, the two violently collided!
Boom—
Amidst a massive uproar, neither the Spirit Core nor the Martial Soul's Spirit shattered; there was only the fusion of the two, and the terrifying spiritual fluctuations that erupted in this instant, as well as the crazy sublimation of Chen Junting's own aura!
This soaring feeling gave an indescribable texture. Chen Junting only felt as if he were placed in a furnace, being crazily smelted. What was even more intense was his soul, as if it had been thrown into purgatory, constantly burning there.
But during this burning-like process, the energy of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well outside his body was also drawn out; specks of red light and specks of white light merged into his very bones at this moment.
Yet no matter how the scorching heat drawn from his soul scourged him, Chen Junting's soul and true spirit remained steadfast and unmoved. And as the scorching heat soared, his own aura and cultivation also rose, heading toward the Demi-God realm he had set his sights on!
At this moment, the power of destiny seemed to be stirred. The rose-gold envelopment made his eyes look like dazzling stars.
Along with it, there was also the sonata of the power of time and space. The two powerful law forces were not only limited to the inside of Chen Junting's body, but also caused everything around him to slightly distort. Chen Junting could also deeply feel his own changes.
In a flash, as if blessed by a sudden inspiration!
Chen Junting suddenly opened his mouth and let out a fierce shout.
The next instant, an ancient and resounding soundwave rang out from his body, carrying extremely terrifying spiritual power, spreading from the bottom of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well upward and in all directions!
In the outside world at this moment, Electrolux and the two Dragon Kings' remnant souls, who were closest, were the first to be affected. However, the spiritual power of all three was at the divine level, so the impact wasn't that massive.
But in an instant, they still felt a mental daze and heavy blow, as well as a thought process that seemed to be paused.
"This kid... it seems they are going to suffer."
Feeling the power of this soundwave, Electrolux's face revealed both an emotional relief and a sense of helplessness when his gaze looked up at the top of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
Because compared to existences with divine-level spiritual power like him and the two Dragon Kings' remnant souls, the Snow Empress and the others, as well as the sentient herbs in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, wouldn't have it so easy.
At this very moment, the heaven and earth origin energy within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well instantly went berserk, and the air above also violently surged. Amidst that violent surging, even the sky let out a huge roar, and then the entire region became dim.
At the same time, the Snow Empress, the others, and those herbs only heard a Bang, and it was as if time and space were paused; all thoughts in their minds seemed to become empty, as if returning to chaos. Anyway, at this moment, the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well disappeared, and the sky disappeared. Until a bright light flashed by, splitting the chaos apart!
"Hmph—" ×4
The Snow Empress and the others let out muffled grunts at the same time, followed by a stagger.
After waking up, they could all clearly distinguish whose spiritual power this was, and they felt both joy and shock at it.
"This spiritual power has already surpassed mine back then."
"And that Evil Eye Tyrant Lord."
The Tyrant spoke, and the Mad King also looked at the Evil Emperor and took over the conversation.
The Snow Empress stared at the bottom of the spring; although she couldn't see anything, she said, "Junting's spiritual power has reached the divine level."
The facts were exactly as the Snow Empress said.
Because of the sudden eruption of spiritual power, it was as if the entire upper dantian had been evaporated. At a glance, the Spirit Core and the Martial Soul's Spirit were gone, and even Chen Junting's soul was nowhere to be found now. All that was there was a mass of golden brilliance, as strong as the sun.
It turned out that just now, Chen Junting clearly felt that at the moment his upper dantian and the Martial Soul's Spirit came into contact, after erupting with spiritual power comparable to the power of an explosion, it formed a black hole-like vortex, swallowing everything in the upper dantian, including his own soul.
Immediately after, an incomparably intense golden light shone in that vortex, transforming into a golden glow that slowly converged.
And this golden glow gave Chen Junting a different kind of feeling. That was, something was going to be nurtured inside it, like a baby.
The moment this feeling just popped up, the golden glow faded its dazzling light. Immediately after, a golden little person appeared, holding a long sword in its arms. If one looked closely, that small sword was exactly the fusion of the Spirit Core and the Martial Soul's Spirit.
At the same time, streams of airflow hung down from the little person, re-evolving into a spiritual ocean in the upper dantian. And that little person was like sitting cross-legged above the nine heavens, hovering aloofly above the spiritual sea. However, when the golden ocean completely spread out in the upper dantian, the original golden color began to undergo earth-shattering changes.
The spiritual power began to sublime, and a crystal-clear luster began to appear within the golden color. And the entire upper dantian was also changing. Wisps of white airflow floated on the surface of the ocean carried by the upper dantian. In this process, the upper dantian also rapidly expanded.
It felt like a century had passed, yet it also felt like only an instant had passed; the upper dantian was actually a hundred times larger than before.
The originally incomparably abundant spiritual power, at this very moment, only became a thin layer, attached to the surface of the upper dantian, with the white airflow slightly rippling. Although this amount was very small, Chen Junting could clearly distinguish all their changes.
He knew that his spiritual power had broken through.
Just as he had thought, the moment the Spirit Core and the Martial Soul's Spirit fused, it was like water flowing into a channel, breaking through the restriction of spiritual power at the peak of the mortal realm, and thoroughly entering the divine level, which was the so-called "Divine Origin Realm," a level belonging to deities.
Even if it was the weakest Divine Origin Realm, this spiritual power had ultimately reached the level of a divine existence. And that faint white airflow on the surface of the spiritual power was the Immortal Spirit Qi evolved from the quantitative change causing a qualitative change and the elevation of the level.
Under this rebirth-like transformation, Chen Junting clearly felt the power of the "Divine Origin Realm." With his spiritual intensity, he couldn't even fill a ten-thousandth of the expanded upper dantian. If he wanted to fill the Spiritual Sea like an ocean as he did in the past, the amount of spiritual power required could be imagined!
Embracing such feelings, Chen Junting once again scanned his three great dantians. After his spiritual power welcomed a breakthrough, the balance of the three dantians was once again broken.
Setting aside the middle dantian for now, if he wanted to complete the so-called "Dual Cultivation of Nature and Life," then the lower dantian also had to break through, which meant elevating his physical body to the level of a deity as well.
Regarding this, Chen Junting, as he said earlier, already had an idea.
With a thought, he opened his eyes.
They were like two fierce sword lights, shooting straight toward the stars!
As his gaze subsequently converged, he looked at Electrolux, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up, "Teacher, I succeeded."
"Good, good, good—"
Making a person with a normally calm disposition say the word "good" three times in a row, one could see the excitement in Electrolux's heart.
What could make a teacher happier than seeing a student he taught walk out a new path and achieve extraordinary accomplishments?
"Teacher, I still have one more thing to do."
As Electrolux's smile retracted, Chen Junting also began to state his next goal. With a backward glance, he had already locked onto the two Dragon Kings' remnant souls that were still unable to move.
Seemingly sensing the threat, "Roar—" ×2
The Dragon Kings' remnant souls, who would not tolerate being insulted, let out angry roars in unison!
But Electrolux gently raised his hand, "Silence!"
Two rings of light instantly suppressed the two Dragon Kings' remnant souls; no matter how much they erupted or how unconvinced they were, they could still only let out a series of whimpers, and then allow Chen Junting and the others to slaughter them.
Afterward, Electrolux said to Chen Junting: "If you want to do something, then go ahead and do it. Now their power is all gathered in these two remnant souls, and my methods just happen to restrain them, so they can't do anything anymore."
"Alright!"
Simply agreeing, Chen Junting directly did a downward dive.
Very soon, he arrived in front of the remains of the two Dragon Kings.
Because the energy of their bodies intertwined after death, evolving into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, the entire bodies of the Water and Fire Dragon Kings could not be moved at all; otherwise, it would lightly cause the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to be turbulent, and heavily cause it to be destroyed. He didn't want to drain the pond to catch the fish.
Now, his target was exactly the divine bones of the two Dragon Kings.
It just so happened that he was still lacking a right arm bone and a torso bone. As long as he could use the divine bones to complete these two soul bones, he was confident that he could fill the foundation of his physical body, and then make a leap to break through to the god-level!
As for how the divine bones of the two Dragon Kings would suit him...
Chen Junting came to the remains of the two Dragon Kings, searched around for a while, and muttered in his heart: Please don't let me down.
Soon, he first locked onto the right arm area of the Fire Dragon King.
Using the first half of the artificial soul bone method, streams of heaven and earth origin energy from the fire spring converged toward the Fire Dragon King's right arm. For a moment, the water level of the entire fire spring directly dropped by ten centimeters!
What followed was an imbalance of ice and fire, and the ice spring went berserk!
At this moment, the Snow Empress and the others on the shore immediately noticed this situation. The treasure land, which originally had a balanced temperature, suddenly began to transform into a world of ice and snow, even forming frost.
In contrast, at the bottom of the spring at this moment, Chen Junting had already obtained a god-level Dragon King right arm bone!
After realizing that his idea was feasible, Chen Junting immediately came to the remains of the Water Dragon King, without any delay. Because he also felt the energy imbalance of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and he had to share the favor equally as soon as possible to restore the balance.
So after about the same amount of time...
Hum—
Blue-white brilliance shone, and the Water Dragon King's torso bone was born!
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